Might as well start this now, since we're now looking ahead to the draft
Interesting read.
Rogues Gallery: Every NFL Team's Most Hated Players (http://www.goliath.com/sports/rogues-gallery-every-nfl-teams-most-hated-players/)
Quote from: BanzaiCat on February 12, 2018, 08:24:30 AM
Interesting read.
Rogues Gallery: Every NFL Team's Most Hated Players (http://www.goliath.com/sports/rogues-gallery-every-nfl-teams-most-hated-players/)
Ah, you gotta give Jim McMahon a break! Dude was completely entertaining. Some of the choices are spot on though, if you are old enough to remember Conrad Dobler play, that guy was one mean SOB.
I somehow missed that the Raiders are moving to Las Vegas. LOL
Wonder if the NFL is considering expanding the league even further. That'll just water down an already thin product.
I think the expansion they are really looking at is outside the US.
Yeah, that was another surprise, until I thought about it a bit. I figured London might be a leader since they do so many pre-season games there...and maybe Mexico City. Then I read up and saw Brazil and Japan are options, too. :o
London has been getting regular season games for at least ten years. Maybe more. They had three, I think, last year. If expansion out of the country is going to work, they are going to have to find enough regional partners to make a division. Otherwise, going to Tokyo and coming back home, or Rio, or London, is going to cause a mutiny.
The head of the NFLPA just said the other day that they are preparing for war at the next labor negotiations. I believe those are in 2021. And they have to sort out Thursday night games, quality of play and officiating, and replay, at the very least. Oh, and what is a catch?! If I was the players, I would give the owners expansion, or the ok to play regular season games in more locations outside the continental U.S., for everything else they are asking for. And not a cent less.
https://twitter.com/yourboyeddie/status/972541746394509312
we'll re-stick this once we get closer to the season
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A good news story that came out of McElwain's firing in Florida
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/florida-gators/2018/04/06/the-real-reason-ex-gators-coach-jim-mcelwain-took-a-loss-on-his-florida-home-isnt-so-funny/
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So, people here are not happy with the Browns picking Mayfield. Comparing him to Manziel.
Quote from: OJsDad on April 27, 2018, 03:09:48 PM
So, people here are not happy with the Browns picking Mayfield. Comparing him to Manziel.
yeah, but Mayfield can actually play
Is the attitude and off field issues that got people worried.
Quote from: OJsDad on April 27, 2018, 03:17:30 PM
Is the attitude and off field issues that got people worried.
regardless of who the Browns drafted, the fan base was going to poke holes in them
Browns fans wouldnt know what to do if they didnt have something to whine and cry about with the team.
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the Carson Wentz trade is finalized when the Browns used the last of their picks from that trade (and a offshoot trades) this weekend
http://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-browns-carson-wentz-trade-finally-complete/
Peter King with some very candid discussion about why he left SI.com
https://art19.com/shows/sports-media-with-richard-deitsch/episodes/529fa15b-a520-4c8f-9d81-2dd793d108d9/embed#
One of the big ones, talking about the endless 24-7 churn of crap, to the point where you're inventing 2019 mock draft articles just to fill space until training camp starts: "I still love my job. I still lover covering what I cover. But, I don't really lover doing it in May and June."
The best news of the football season came 4 months before kickoff
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/5/21/17377598/larry-culpepper-dr-pepper-go-bye-bad-hooray
Here's a fun story
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/2018/08/14/clemson-tigers-quarterback-furman-student/950918002
CFB Kickoff for most teams today.
Let's all take a moment and remember 11 years ago today
[yt]https://youtu.be/0oAsDD_0eiY[/yt]
That Oklahoma - Florida Atlantic game today was stupidly one-sided.
The best matchup going into the game was Auburn - Washington. It ended up being a good game with Auburn winning what was essentially a home game.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 01, 2018, 10:14:02 AM
CFB Kickoff for most teams today.
Let's all take a moment and remember 11 years ago today
[yt]https://youtu.be/0oAsDD_0eiY[/yt]
Penn State just about lost to Appalachian State today. Had to win it in overtime.
This is a long business story about the NFL.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-09-13/nfl-makes-more-money-than-ever-and-things-have-never-been-worse
Main points:
1] NFL is generating more cash than ever before
2] NFL viewership continues to decline
3] NFL had 37 of the top 50 viewed shows on TV - while their ratings fall.
4] Youth football participation dropped 22% last year (attributed to concussion research)
5] NFL is now one of the top politicized brands in the USA measured by ratings of Republicans/Democrats and the difference between them.
In terms of providing a ton of facts, this story was pretty awesome.
The quote that I thought was the best was "The NFL is the top performer in the Hospice Ward of broadcast television."
https://twitter.com/Courier_Sports/status/1053003123810291712
That 'blackout with no sellout,' rule is just obnoxious.
After yesterday's 21-7 UM win over Mich St
Quote"We knew that they couldn't hang with us," Michigan's Chase Winovich said. "We did what we have to do. Sometimes your little brother starts acting up and you've just got to put 'em in place."
Winovich went on Twitter afterward to clarify his remarks.
https://twitter.com/Chase_Winovich/status/1053768020290625536
Congrats to Alabama for winning a very tough SEC championship game.
That was a great, story book ending! My guess for the final four is 'Bama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Oklahoma. I know it wouldn't happen, but, I'd like to see Georgia play Clemson and Alabama play Oklahoma.
I concur with your guess on the football playoff teams. Sucks for Georgia who are probably much better than Oklahoma. But life is not fair.
Alabama vs. Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, Clemson vs. Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl.
Man, I love my Sooners but I'm afraid they won't be much more than a speed bump for Alabama.
I thought I was watching the Animal Channel last night, watching a bunch of tigers killing elephants but turned-out I had the wrong channel, I was watching ESPN instead. :o
I hosted poker, made the chili recipe I posted, and had 10 players and 2 nonplaying guests. Had 2 TVs, one on each side of the table. Since the game was in Auburn, people's response to the game ranged from mildly happy to ecstatically happy.
Isn't it hard to play poker and watch football at the same time?
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 08, 2019, 07:37:00 PM
Isn't it hard to play poker and watch football at the same time?
I have never lost when a major football game was playing during poker. I think some of the others are more distracted than I.
I see. I applaud your use of miss-direction for personal profit. O0
Is that how you won a spaceship at Sabacc
I think you're onto something there Con. Was there a football game playing in the background when Solo won the Falcon? Or it could be Airboy spikes the chili too.
Statistically speaking, I have a positive expectation when I sit down to play. I can calculate odds in my head, don't drink much (the diabetes handles that one), and know to occasionally do crazy things so I don't become too predictable. But this is all in a low stakes game where people don't really care if they end up dropping $30. Still, two of us have a strong positive expectation and two others have a strong negative expectation - but they get away from their spouses and drink with their buddies.
This is mostly social poker, sort of like social wargaming and social RPGs. I want to do my best and avoid doing something I know is dumb - but I really don't care if I end up losing. My wife calls our games "the mens drinking, joke and lie telling social group with gambling." We are blessed that I'm a good cook and one of the other guys is an outstanding cook.
You start playing high stakes poker and it becomes work. Screw that, I'm retired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZivEBcvM8CM
Cute video and sadly true. I learned a long time ago the way to enjoy gambling is to never bet more that you're prepared to lose. I loved getting hammered at the local dog track while betting $2 a race, I never cared when I lost.
Thats because you were betting on a pug to win
True Dat! He didn't win but he came in 'Cutiest'.
Quote from: Sir Slash on January 09, 2019, 10:28:46 PM
Cute video and sadly true. I learned a long time ago the way to enjoy gambling is to never bet more that you're prepared to lose. I loved getting hammered at the local dog track while betting $2 a race, I never cared when I lost.
Yup that's how I view gambling. Entertainment. If I come back even or above i just consider it a bonus
More proof the End Times are here, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in the Superbowl. :hide:
You mean the Tampa Baytriots.
The Kansas City Quarterback was in elementary school when Tom Brady won his first Superbowl.
see: https://www.outkick.com/tom-brady-won-the-super-bowl-while-patrick-mahomes-was-in-kindergarten/
And Brady was in kindergarten when I saw my first Superbowl. #:-)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1721345801140441217